Wake Forest fires radio analyst over leaked game plans

Wake Forest has gotten to the bottom of its leaked game-plan mystery.

After a thorough investigation, the school fired radio announcer Tommy Elrod on the basis of emails, text messages, and phone records revealing him to be behind the leak, according to a statement from the school.

The investigation revealed that Elrod had either provided or attempted to provide "confidential and proprietary game preparations on multiple occasions" to opponents, dating back to 2014.

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Elrod played football for the Demon Deacons from 1993-97, and then held multiple coaching positions over 11 subsequent seasons.

"I have know Tommy Elrod since his days as a player on our football team," athletic director Ron Wellman said in a statement Tuesday. "I'm deeply disappointed that he would act against Wake Forest, our football team and our fans in such a harmful manner by compromising confidential game preparation information."

Concern began following Wake Forest's loss to Louisville on Nov. 12 - when a member of Wake Forest's traveling party apparently found documents outlining its game plan inside Louisville's stadium - which alerted Demon Deacons head coach Dave Clawson to a potential security breach.

"It's incomprehensible that a former Wake Forest student-athlete, graduate-assistant, full-time football coach and current radio analyst for the school, would betray his alma mater," Clawson said in a statement. "We allowed him to have full access to our players, team functions, film room, and practices. He violated our trust which negatively impacted our entire program. I am glad we have taken steps to ensure it will not happen in the future."